A Message from the Principal

Our Vision With family, faith and friendship, we grow share and live as authors of our own learning.

Our Values

Excellence Compassion Trust Courage Respect

Wednesday, 11th November 2015 —Term 4, Week 6

Prayer of Remembrance

Almighty and eternal God,

from whose love in Christ we cannot be parted,

either by death or life:

hear our prayers and thanksgivings

for all whom we remember this day;

fulfil in them the purpose of your love;

and bring us all, with them, to your eternal joy;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Official Opening of Hard Court Cover

This Friday, we will officially open our hard court

cover. We welcome any parents to come along and

join us for the event. It begins at 10.00am on the

hard court and we then invite you to join us for

morning tea at 10.30am in the staffroom.

No Parking Signs

More and more, it has been noticed in

the morning that parents are parking in

the drop off zone and bringing their

students into the school. Please

remember to use the car parks provided as this

will allow for better traffic flow off Calytrix Road

and be much safer as our students enter the

school.

Annual School Improvement Plan (ASIP) 2016

Our leadership team have been working on the

development of our ASIP for next year. We gather

student data and parent perception data as part of

this process. We should have a draft finalised

shortly for sharing with staff. From there, we

should be able to share a draft with the parent

community.

Like the Green Tree Frog, I grow and change.

Like the Bush Bee,

I can work with others and on my own to be successful.

Like the Eagle, I see what I

need to do to achieve my

goal and take responsibility.

Like the Crocodile,

I can overcome challenges and keep

going when things get

tough.

Like the Dolphin, I am free to

develop my own ideas and take

risks.

Like the Green Ant, I use what I know and

what others know to

build meaning.

Like the Tata Lizard I can become a learning detective, searching

for answers or clues to my own or

others questions.

Learning Power Project

Diary Dates—Term 4 —2015 TERM 4—2015 Friday 13th November Assembly: Room 6 Friday 13th November Official Opening of Basketball court, 10.00am Monday 16th November Healthy Harold here until Wednesday 18th Friday 20th November Assembly Monday 23rd November Board Meeting dinner—to be confirmed Friday 27th November Assembly: Room 7 Tuesday 1st December Christmas Concert—O’Loughlin College Gym Friday 4th December Assembly: Room 15 Monday 7th December Year 6 Graduation Mass and Dinner 5.30pm Thursday 10th December Thanksgiving and Poor Man’s Mass—9.30am Thursday 10th December Last Day of School

TERM 1—2016 Thursday 28th January Students resume

Farewell to Jo Pethick

This week, Jo tendered her resignation as the

Administration Officer at Holy Family Catholic

Primary School. Jo and her family have been

working on a shift interstate for most of the year

and in the last few weeks, things have fallen in

place for them. We will have an opportunity

towards the end of the year to thank Jo and

formally farewell her. She has been an absolute

asset to our school and a wonderful first contact for

parents. Some of you would have chosen our

school for your children based on the first

conversation that you had with Jo over the phone.

Her warm nature and ‘can do’ attitude have won

over many in our community. She will be missed by

many in our school community.

We will advertise the position either this weekend

or next weekend.

Good luck Miss Chrissa Today was Miss Chrissa’s last day at Rainbows for 2015 as she takes maternity leave to have her second child. All of the children and staff hosted a party with lots of food and to send her off. Miss Chrissa will be having her baby tomorrow and we are looking forward to finding out if she has a new son or daughter.

God Bless

Shane Donohue

Shane Donohue Principal

HOLY FAMILY PARISH

Calytrix Road, Karama

Ph: 8927 5454

Mass Times: Saturday Mass 8.30am and 6.30pm (Vigil) Sunday Mass 9.00am, 10.30am and 5.30pm 1st Sunday of the month 10.30am African Mass in English 2nd Sunday of the month 10.30am Spanish Mass 3rd Sunday of the month 10.30am Portuguese Mass 4th Sunday of the month 10.30am Tetum Mass

AROUND THE SCHOOL...

DATES TOPIC

Week 7 – Monday 16th November Tellagami

Week 8 – Monday 23rd November Mad Libs

Week 9 – Monday 30th November Camera functions

Week 10 – Monday 7th December Chromville

iPad Parent Sessions – Term 4 Lauren O’Shea will be running weekly iPad sessions for parents covering a range of iPad tips, tricks, settings and instructions on how to use various applications. The sessions are available for all parents and any infants are welcome and can be kept occupied with toys and games. These sessions will go for approximately 20 minutes and will be held after Monday morning assemblies in the After School Care room. If you have your own iPad feel free to bring it along, otherwise you can borrow from the school. The topics below are a guide; ideas and suggestions of what you would like to be covered are encouraged. Hope to see you there!

Advent Calendar Coming soon! Caritas have produced a 2015 Advent calendar to engage children in preparing for Christmas. This year Advent begins on the 29th of November and the calendar will be using the symbols of the Advent wreath. Throughout Advent you can build your own wreath, lighting the candles as you engage with 'God's story' and 'Our Story', 'Join the Story' and 'Share the Story' daily with and for Caritas partners around the world. There is an App for iPhone/iPad devices and a website version. Just search for ‘Caritas Advent 2015’. All versions will be available to view or download from mid November.

Monday 7th December

Commencing at 5.30pm at Holy Family Church,

followed by dinner at 7.00pm in the Music/Drama Room.

Smart casual dress required $27.00 per person

Tickets to be purchased from the office by Monday, 30th November.

BYODD Online Survey

AROUND THE SCHOOL...

Thanks to the parents who completed the online survey at the tech expo in week four. If you did not complete the survey I would really appreciate you taking five minutes to share your thoughts and feedback. To complete the survey please visit this website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9LPGDCS

Lauren O’Shea

REC & BYODD Project Leader

Christmas Raffle

Have you seen the fantastic Christmas Hamper on display in the front office that the P&F have put together? Raffle tickets have been sent home.

Vacation Care We will be running our usual Vacation Care programme over the Christmas Holidays. The centre will be open from: Monday 14th December—Friday 18th December And Monday 4th January—Friday 22nd January 2016 Booking forms and costings will be available soon.

Rainbow Closure Dates 1Rainbows will shut at 12.00pm Thursday, 24th December and re-open Monday 4th January 2016. The centre will be closed on Monday 25th January for a whole staff professional development day.

Year 6 Graduation

Secret Garden by Faith Ocampo Faith Ocampo, from Room 11 has done an amazing job on her Secret Garden creation. Congratulations.

Student Awards Congratulations to the following students who received an award at Assembly last week.

Room 15 Tran– Xavier Laureles & Saphira Olsen

Room 14 Yr T/1– Grace Anstess, Evan Thevaril & Arianna Parmenter

Room 13 Yr 1/2— Nahla Dale & Aidan Anstess

Room 12 Yr 2/3– Jorja Murray-Govan & Matthew Hill

Room 11 Yr 3/4 - Nikolaos Petrakis, Hannah Freire, Lilla Murray-Govan & Desmin Yovich

Room 9 Yr 3/4- Lily Rose Sherwell, Bowen Smith & Joshua McConville

Room 6 Yr 5/6- Karl Hochman, Corey Noll & Hayley Della-Grazie

Room 7 Yr 5/6- Jasmine Gahungu, Erryn O’Halloran, Corey Blanch & Mikaela Kempster

AROUND THE SCHOOL...

This week we wish the following students a Happy Birthday.

Chloe Hitzke 9th November Iesha Ronberg 12th November Kamali 14th November Borges De Carvalho Kyneton Hewitt 15th November Michala Sonon 15th November

Notes Sent Home � Year 6 Graduation letter

Holy Family School App At Holy Family Catholic School we are always looking for the best way to communicate within our school community, and we believe this app will help. Download this app and stay up to date with all the latest news and events from us, and view the latest editions of the school newsletters. We will keep you up to date regarding urgent reminders and notifications about events we are holding within the school. Stay connected to our Holy Family Catholic School community by searching for ‘Holy Family Karama’ in the app store.

Rainbows Enrolments We have a very high number of enrolments for commencement in 2016, particularly in Preschool. Please note that enrolment is not guaranteed without signed paperwork and an interview with Mr Donohue.

Photo Gallery

RAK’ed Award (Random Acts of Kindess) Congratulations to Harriett Watkins who won our RAK’ed award this week and received a $5.00 Scholastic book voucher.

Student Birthdays

Student Awards

Room 13 Assembly Year 1/2, Room 13 performed a puppet show, it was part of our Drama and Science week. What an amazing job everyone did. Miss Lorenzo Teacher Room 13 Hockey Cluster Participants

Mrs Cassandra De Silva has vacancies for this term for piano lessons. For enquiries, contact Cassandra directly on 89450119. Lessons are held during school hours. Mrs De Silva also has Piano lessons after school hours in Karama at $25 per lesson. As well as weekly lessons, Cassandra is now offering students fortnightly lessons to those who find it too costly, so they can still keep fingers moving and not lose technique and skills.

Community Noticeboard

Wet Season Series 2015 Top End Orienteers are holding a short series of orienteering events around Darwin on Monday evenings. You can compete individually or in groups and visit as many or as few checkpoints as you want. Each Monday there will be two options: Easy course: suitable for novices (2-2.5 km) or Scatter: handicapped course where you decide how many check-points to visit (3.5-5.5 km)

Events

Starts available between: 5:30-6:15 pm Courses close: 7:00 pm

Monday Darwin Water Gardens in Jingili 16th Nov on Freshwater Rd near Trower Rd Monday Yanyula Park in Anula 23rd Nov near Anula Shops Monday Malak Place 30th Nov Malak

Cost $5 per entry

Further information: John Shanahan 0406 876 168 fjshanahan2@bigpond.com